In addition to a regular food column, Prudence Penny appeared on radio and wrote cookbooks, leading a very busy life for someone who did not actually exist. She was a trademarked name. Hearst employed several home economists over the decades to write as Prudence Penny. There were different Prudence Pennys in different cities. Here is recent LA Times story about her.
Miss Penny devoted two pages of the Sunday Mirror magazine of April 14 to menus for Easter Sunday breakfast, acknowledging that the meal might be served at different times depending on the family's plans for the day-- sunrise service? Mid-morning mass? The Easter Parade? Perhaps the "breakfast" meal would become an evening supper after a big midday dinner. In any case, Penny suggested making the meal "something special" with flowers on the table and a guest or two.
Here are her suggestions, all to be served with hot coffee for the adults and milk for the children.
Broiled Grapefruit Halves (recipe included)
Shirred or Scrambled Eggs with Sausages
Honey Bran Kuchen (recipe included)
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Orange Juice
Peanut Butter French Toast (recipe included)
Broiled Tomatoes, Peaches, Apricots or Pineapple
Decorated Hard-Cooked Eggs
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Tomato Juice with Lemon
Cornmeal Waffles (recipe included)
Creamed Dried Beef
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Sliced Strawberries and Bananas
Assorted Ready-to-Eat Cereals with Cream and Sugar
Parsley Omelet with Bacon Curls
Popovers with Jam
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Fresh Grapefruit Juice
Eggs With Chicken Livers in Individual Casseroles (recipe included)
Hot Muffins with Jelly
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Sliced Oranges
Broiled Bacon and Lamb's Kidneys
Hashed Brown Potatoes
Hot Cross Buns